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Date:      Sun, 10 Jan 1999 02:06:21 -0800
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        Robert Nordier <rnordier@nordier.com>
Cc:        jkh@zippy.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard), mike@smith.net.au, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: /boot/boot.conf -> /boot/boot.rc 
Message-ID:  <199901101006.CAA04985@dingo.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 10 Jan 1999 11:56:40 %2B0200." <199901100956.LAA08468@ceia.nordier.com> 

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> Since this has come up, I'd also be in favor of the following:
> 
>     /boot.config  -> /boot/boot2.conf
>     /boot.help    -> /boot/boot2.help
> 
> This makes the boot.* files seem appropriately less important (they
> *are* less important) and also cleans up / a little.
> 
> There tends to be confusion over the function and purpose of the
> various new boot bits and pieces, so this is probably worth doing.

I'd remove boot.help and any support for it completely.  This has 
become a 'wizard' function.  Moving boot2.conf sounds like a good idea 
to me.

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